plexiglas
French, noun/plɛk.si.ɡlas/
plexiglas is spelled P-L-E-X-I-G-L-A-S (9 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 55,824th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Plexiglas is a French masculine noun meaning “Plexiglas, plexiglass” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Méthacrylate de méthyle, plastique dur, transparent et incassable employé comme verre de sécurité ou dans la…”.
What does plexiglas mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinePlexiglas, plexiglass
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Méthacrylate de méthyle, plastique dur, transparent et incassable employé comme verre de sécurité ou dans la fabrication d'objets divers.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of plexiglas
- plexi
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce plexiglas?
- /plɛk.si.ɡlas/
- \plɛk.si.ɡlas\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to plexiglas
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is plexiglas in French?
plexiglas appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).